Black Widow has always been one of my all time favorite heroines. If you aren’t familiar, here is a crash course on one of the most successful and deadly assassins the Marvel Universe has ever known. The Black Widow is most commonly refereed to as the hot red head that Scarlett Johanson plays in the Avengers Captain America and Iron Man Movies. And soon they will be coming out with a movie that is focused around her and how she came to be the awesome heroine she is today.
The Black Widow, or known to the one’s close to her as Natasha Romanoff, was born in Russia. When she was still a little girl, her house burned down and she escaped the inferno while her parents didn’t have that good fortune. Once out, she was captured by the KGB and put into a program called the Black Widow Program and it took place in the Red Room. Here she was trained, brainwashed, trained, brainwashed and trained some more to infiltrate countries and governments and to carry out some of the most difficult assassinations know to man.
While there are many theories as to how she became an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) there is one main connection in her life and his code name is Hawkeye. These 2 have been on countless missions together and know each other very well. Since they are both Agents of SHIELD, they look to the leader of SHIELD as their mentor and boss, Nick Fury. They also look to the rest of the Avengers as team mates in their never ending quest to once again save the world (or America) from doom!
This heroine fits the monomyth to a T. She has an origin story, a beginning, is put on a path, is shown some direction, has help, fights battles (big and small… mainly big), earn their victories, are a part of something bigger than themselves and uses her skills that were meant for evil and chooses to use them to impact her reality in a positive way. So, all in all, Natasha Romanoff is one BA heroine. and I think Marvel depicted her well in the movies. I cannot wait for Marvel to come out with her own Self- titled movie about her past… or as she says “I got a lot of Red in my ledger”.
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Black Widow is definitely one of my favorite characters in the Marvel world! I can’t wait until they do her character justice and give her the backstory that the movie fans have been waiting years for!
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Great example of a hero. She has gone through some terrible things and her hero journey is filled with lots of sadness and many challenges but she is incredible. She seems to be a pretty awesome woman who can do just as much, if not more, than any male hero. Great job! Also, love the video that really shows how amazing she is!
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I love her story so I’m glad a couple people chose her! She has a really tough path but that helps mold her into the awesome heroine that she is!
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